[mythtv-users] XvMC - Nvidia isssues?

mike choy mike at acaciaclose.co.uk
Sun Jan 22 17:38:22 UTC 2006


Rudy Zijlstra wrote:
> Dan Seddon wrote:
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>> Justin Hornsby wrote:
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>>>> That all sounds a bit naff if true..... I thought there had been a lot
>>>> of talk about the BBC broadcasting before the World Cup in HDTV in
>>>> London on terrestial digital?
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>>> Well, it's our government who 'own' the airwaves, so it's likely
>>> they'll sell off the analogue space to the highest bidder IMHO.
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>> Yes - that rings true, hence the rush to stop analgue. I guess how much 
>> HDTV we see before then depends on who can squeeze how much in to the 
>> space currently available to Digital Terrestial.
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>>> As for UK HD being MPEG4 - I saw an article in Electronics Times
>>> recently which stated it as a fact - a fact which is causing people
>>> concern over how current Freeview receivers will work in future.
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>> Maybe the two issues are tied to each other - if the bandwidth doesn't 
>> arrive quickly enough (things never do here) MPEG4 would get more in to 
>> the same space. It might cause a bit of grief with all the people who've 
>> bought very expensive "HD-ready" sets though....
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> Not likely. The TV sets are HD-ready independent of whether MPEG2 or 
> MPEG4-P10 (H.264) is used, as it is the external STB which does the 
> decoding. Those sets should have either HDMI or DVI input.
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I believe that they allowed Component Video in the door at the last 
minute as a nod to Classic sets.
The BBC will have HD up and running on Sky in 2006 as I understand it, 
With a bit of luck this will not
require an encryption card and we will see PC Sat cards that can deal 
with the stream.

now HD DVD is another scam........

Mike C




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